Went to Blue river again and met my son there. It is a pretty long drive [around 300 miles] but the chance to see my son makes it all worthwhile. I did not realize just how far it was and kept wondering if I had somehow missed the turnoff. Eventually I found the place and in we went. Found our son there and got suited up. He went to one diving board, I to the other and we had at the bottom with the blasters.

We did keep finding a large quantity of money with the odd item of jewelry thrown in for good measure. I killed two tanks before I decided to put all my effort into one area rather than blow all over. I donned my third [and last tank I had with me that day] and hit one area under a dive board. The area was approximately a picnic table size.

Once I got through the semi-hard mud bottom, things really started to show up. At days end, we had over $80.00 in change, 9 watches [of which these four are the best, 14 sunglasses [all junk except this one], one gold chain, 3 silver chains 12 earrings [gold and silver] and a determination to come back, possibly this year] to really hit it hard in one area.

Interesting thing about one one of the watches. The yellow faced one [a Nixon] has the days of the week in either Spanish or Italian. Hard to tell when only three letters show. The others are a Rip Curl [a surfers watch] a Cardinal and a Tag Heuer. The sunglasses, while ugly, are Smiths... made in France and retailing for around $175.00. The gold chain is 14k.

Next time... even more. :

fair winds

Micheal

"A dog is better than me, for she has love and does not judge"

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most; That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in"

Do those watches still work and can they be cleaned up where they can be worn again? I think this is a neat way to treasure hunt. Enjoyed the story, thanks for posting it. Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most; That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in"

That scoot sweeper mode works very well for you Mikie. You got the spots, the gear, now you just need the time. Got to be some high end jewelry there somewhere. I wish I could say I've been in the water this year, but like you, limited time right now. This has been a nice week with 3 days in the 90's so folks were out. If we get a cool one or windy or rain, I will make time to hit a couple of fresh water swimming beaches that get used. Nice collection of watches there. That Nixon one sounds real interesting.

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most; That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in"